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the legislature on progress toward meeting the fourteen day standard 1 by December 1, 2021, and December 1, 2022. 2 (g) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2022 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 4 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department, in 5 collaboration with the health care authority, to develop and 6 implement a predictive modeling tool which identifies clients who are 7 at high risk of future involvement with the criminal justice system 8 and for developing a model to estimate demand for civil and forensic 9 state hospital bed needs pursuant to the following requirements. 10 (i) By the first day of each December during the biennium, the 11 department, in coordination with the health care authority, must 12 submit a report to the office of financial management and the 13 appropriate committees of the legislature which summarizes how the 14 predictive modeling tool has been implemented and includes the 15 following: (A) The numbers of individuals identified by the tool as 16 having a high risk of future criminal justice involvement; (B) the 17 method and frequency for which the department is providing lists of 18 high-risk clients to contracted managed care organizations and 19 behavioral health administrative services organizations; (C) a 20 summary of how the managed care organizations and behavioral health 21 administrative services organizations are utilizing the data to 22 improve the coordination of care for the identified individuals; and 23 (D) a summary of the administrative data to identify whether 24 implementation of the tool is resulting in increased access and 25 service levels and lower recidivism rates for high-risk clients at 26 the state and regional level. 27 (ii) The department must provide staff support for the forensic 28 and long-term civil commitment bed forecast which must be conducted 29 under the direction of the office of financial management. The 30 forecast methodology, updates, and methodology changes must be 31 conducted in coordination with staff from the department, the health 32 care authority, the office of financial management, and the 33 appropriate fiscal committees of the state legislature. The model 34 shall incorporate factors for capacity in state hospitals as well as 35 contracted facilities, which provide similar levels of care, referral 36 patterns, wait lists, lengths of stay, and other factors identified 37 as appropriate for estimating the number of beds needed to meet the 38 demand for civil and forensic state hospital services. Factors should 39 include identification of need for the services and analysis of the 40 p. 893 ESSB 5187.SL